Date of publication: April 28, 2009
Source: USA Today
Author: Mary Zeiss Stange
Excerpt from article:
If Michelle Obama really wants to influence the world of fashion, she should tackle sweatshop conditions abroad while steering the industry back to our shores.
It may or may not be true, as the old saying goes, that clothes make the man. But judging by the international fascination with every outfit that Michelle Obama has donned since her husband's election, they definitely make the first lady.
Michelle Obama has a great sense of style. Her support of younger American designers, and her mixture of couture with off-the-rack items that are at least in theory available to the average woman, is timely and refreshing. She and her daughters are the best thing to happen to J. Crew in years. But therein lies an issue that has received surprisingly little attention - and one that Obama might fruitfully address...